St Petronille Council 5516
Council 5516 Leaders 2012/2013
Call any one of us if you have questions
or interest in being a Knight of Columbus
We are proud of the Council Star and Spirit Awards, but
we are most proud of the positive religious effect we have
on the St Petronille and Glen Ellyn communities.
CHURCH ACTIVITIES
Support of Church Ministries
Annual Turkey Shoot
Annual Religious Appreciation Dinner
Corpus Christi Procession
Sponsor of Parish Library
Vocation Support
Grand Knight
Deputy GK
Chancellor
Financial Sec
Dist. Deputy
Sir John Gebel
Sir Ken Marz
Br. Tim Barder
Sir Tom Girard
Sr. Barry Smith
630 858-8272
630 942-0212
630 363-9119
630 665-1251
630 942-1901
Trustees
Sir Carl LaForest
Br. John Broderick
Sir Tim Piper
630 723-8885
630 469-3660
630 858-7369
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Free Throw Championship
Keep Christ in Christmas
Altar Server Appreciation Event
COUNCIL ACTIVITES
1st Degree Team
Corporate Communion and Breakfasts
Firewood Sale
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
ID Tootsie Roll Fund Drive
Blood Drive
4th Degree Honor Guard
Knights of Columbus
St Petronille Council 5516
PO Box 407
Glen Ellyn, IL 60138
5516gk@kocstpets.com
www.kocstpets.com
FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Parish Family Mixers
Pancake Breakfasts
Lenten Fish Fry Dinners
RIGHT-TO-LIFE ACTIVITIES
40 Days for Life
March for Life
Life Ministry
Ultrasound Equipment Funding
Celebrating 50 years of
Faith in Action
Knights of
Columbus
ST
PETRONILLE
COUNCIL
5516
Serving since March 24, 1964
WHY
JOIN THE
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS?
Imagine being part of an organization that fills
your heart and your mind with the joy of giving to
others and the feeling that comes with making a
difference.
Knights are Catholic men, 18 years of age and
older, who are committed to making their
community a better place, while supporting their
Church. Being a Knight is more than
camaraderie; it is being involved with your
community; it is supporting your local Catholic
Church, while enhancing your own faith; it is
about protecting and enhancing your family life.
In Service to One
In Service to All
CHURCH VOCATION
FAMILY
COMMUNITY COUNCIL
RIGHT TO LIFE
KOC Keeps Growing
Father Michael J, McGivney
On Oct. 2, 1881, a small group of men met in the
basement of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven,
Connecticut. Called together by their 29-year-old parish
priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, these men formed a
fraternal society that would one day become the world’s
largest Catholic family fraternal service organization.
They sought strength in solidarity, and security through
unity of purpose and devotion to a holy cause: they
vowed to be defenders of their country, their families and
their faith.
These men were bound together by the ideal of
Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the Americas,
the one whose hand brought Christianity to the New
World. Their efforts came to fruition with the
incorporation of the Knights of Columbus
on March 29, 1882.
They were Knights of Columbus.
The Order has been called "the strong right arm of the
Church," and has been praised by popes, presidents
and other world leaders, for support of the Church,
programs of evangelization and Catholic education, civic
involvement and aid to those in need.
Father McGivney’s founding vision for the Order also
included a life insurance program to provide for the
widows and orphans of deceased members. The Order’s
insurance program has expanded substantially to serve
more effectively the Knights’ growing membership.
The Supreme Council is the governing body of the Knights of
Columbus and is responsible for the development of the
organization as a whole. Supreme Council duties include
establishing the Order in new regions and setting up regional
authorities, defining and advancing its values and goals,
undertaking organization-wide initiatives, promoting
awareness of the Knights’ mission worldwide, and protecting
the families of members through its extensive insurance
program. Members working in local, or subordinate councils,
however, carry on the majority of the Knights’
The Knights of Columbus founder,
Father Michael J, McGivney’s cause for
sainthood is being considered at the Vatican, and
the Pope declared him a
venerable servant of God on March 15 2008.
Father Michael J. McGivney would be first
American born priest to be declared a saint.
O great and glorious God, you imbued your
holy priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, with
deep priestly virtue and especially with pastoral
concern for the poor, the orphan, the widow,
for the Christian education of youth, for the
protection of the faith of the
working man of his day.
Now that his priestly ministry continues to spread
to countless millions throughout the world
through the efforts and influence of the Order of
the Knights of Columbus, which Father
McGivney founded, we beseech you, Heavenly
Father, to raise your faithful servant, Michael, to
the honors of the altar. We ask this favor through
our Lord Jesus Christ and
His holy mother, Mary and our mother.
Amen.